Category: YOUR HEALTH
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McConnell continues attack on Obamacare as Washington Post gives him ‘four Pinocchios’ for misleading article in C-J
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell took the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as an opportunity to repeat his criticism of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act....
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Louisville jails sign up inmates for health coverage to save the state money; other jails around state may follow suit
Louisville jails are holding daily health insurance sign-ups for released inmates, Chris Kenning reports for The Courier-Journal. Most inmates qualify for expanded Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,...
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New law bans sales of electronic cigarettes to minors
Sales of electronic cigarettes to people under 18 are now illegal in Kentucky, following Gov. Steve Beshear’s signing into law Thursday of a bill that had support from cigarette manufacturers,...
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KET’s ‘Safe and Sound: Raising Emotionally Healthy Children in a Stressful World’ premieres April 17, first airs April 21
Though new parents often have access to many resources of information on how to care for their children physically, they are usually not as well-informed about raising them to be...
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Beshear signs bill allowing limited use of oil extracted from marijuana to treat children’s seizures
Gov. Steve Beshear has signed into law a bill allowing doctors at the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, or those conducting a clinical trial approved by the...
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Roy Butler, ‘father of Medicaid’ in Kentucky, passes
Roy Butler, called “Father of Medicaid” in Kentucky, died Monday morning of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He grew up during the Great Depression on a farm in Franklin County, where...
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Poll gauges Kentuckians’ consumption, sources and opinions of drinking water; E. Ky. likes bottled water more than other areas
Drinking water is necessary for the human body to work properly. Because one can consume water through drinking other beverages or eating foods like lettuce, tomatoes, oranges and melons, the...
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Kentucky ranks 49th in well-being survey, and Eastern Kentucky’s congressional district ranks last in the nation
Kentucky ranked 49th in the nation in a survey that measures perception of well-being, ranking higher than West Virginia and lower than Mississippi, and its 5th Congressional District ranked dead...
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Republicans wait for elections and chance to roll back Medicaid expansion; few Kentucky Democrats defend Obamacare
Though thousands of their constituents have benefited from it, Republican state legislators say they are planning to roll back Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear’s expansion of Medicaid under the Patient Protection...
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‘Stars are aligned’ for making Ky. healthier, and let’s start with schools, health commissioner tells County Health Rankings event
Kentucky is poised to make itself healthier, and one key push needs to be making schools smoke-free, the two top officials in charge of the effort told a gathering of...